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WAR DIARY or INTELLIGENCE SUMMARY |
Army Form C.2118 |
Unit: Civil Affairs Staff, HQ 8 Corps | ||
Month and Year: May 1944 | (Erase heading not required). | Commanding Officer: Col. G.H. Phipps-Hornby |
Place | Date | Hour | Summary | Reference |
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WORTH HALL | 1 | SCAO (Col G.H. Phipps-Hornby) visited CA 2nd Army. | ||
2 | 1430 | SCAO gave a lecture to officers of 11 Armd Div at ALDERSHOT. | ||
5 | 1800 | A conference attended by APM, DAAG, FSO, rep Int(b) and CA Staff was held at WORTH HALL to discuss method of Refugee control. | Appx ‘A’ | |
8 | Points in connection with CA discussed with BGS (Brig. Sir H.R.K. Floyd Bt) and DA&QMG (Brig E.P. Sewell OBE). | Appx ‘B’ | ||
12 | Points in connection with CA discussed with DDMS (Brig. H.L. Glyn-Hughes, DSO, MC) and CSO (Brig C. Knowles, OBE). | Appx ‘C’ | ||
15 | All officers attended a lecture given by the Corps Comd (Lt.Gen. Sir R.N. O’Connor, KCB, DSO, MC). Lecture was followed by talks by DA&QMG and AQMG (Lt.Col. A.B. Coote) on methods of embarkation and disembarkation. SCAO 2nd Army (Brig R.M.H. Lewis, MC) arrived at 1600 hrs at WORTH HALL for the night. A discussion with all officers was held at 1800 hrs. | |||
17 | SQMS Comber reported to assume appointment of Chief Clerk. | |||
18 | Sjt. Watson reported as clerk. Total str of clerks now four. | |||
26 | Three ton lorry delivered. Tpt now complete. | |||
28 | More G1098 stores collected from ALDERSHOT leaving small balance still to be collected. | |||
29 | Loading trial carried out with Main HQ 8 Corps for personnel and vehicles travelling in 1st and 2nd parties. | |||
30 | 1030 | SCAO attended a conference held by DA&QMG at Main Corps HQ. | ||
31 | Major D.J. Mitchell, MC. KRRC reported for duty as SO2 (Adm). |
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